Afraid Of Death Quotes - Page 3

• I am not so much afraid of death, as ashamed thereof, 'tis the very disgrace and ignominy of our natures.

  Thomas Browne

  Death, Ashamed, Ignominy

  'Religio Medici' (1643) pt. 1, sect. 40

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• I'm not afraid of death at all.

  Raymond Moody

  Not Afraid, Not Afraid Of Death

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• On days where I feel the karma is in balance I'm not afraid of death. And when I feel it's weighing heavily on the negative side, then I get very scared and just think about eternal damnation and how unpleasant that would be.

  Will Oldham

  Karma, Thinking, Balance

  Interview with Ryan Schreiber, pitchfork.com. September 1, 2001.

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• You can't make flivers without steel - and you can't make tragedies without social instability. The world's stable now. People are happy; they get what they want, and they never want what they can't get. They're well off; they're safe; they're never ill; they're not afraid of death; they're blissfully ignorant of passion and old age; they're plagued with no mothers or fathers; they've got no wives, or children, or lovers to feel strongly about; they're so conditioned that they pratically can't help behaving as they ought to behave.

  Aldous Huxley

  Love, Mother, Children

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• I am not afraid of death. What I am afraid of is that I will meet the Saviour and He will say, 'You could have done better'

  Spencer W. Kimball

  Done, Not Afraid, Saviour

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• I'm afraid of death... Yes, but that doesn't stop death coming.

  Agatha Christie

  Death Coming

  Agatha Christie (1966). “And Then There Were None”

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• It is foolish to be afraid of death. Just think. No more repaired tires on the body vehicle, no more patchwork living.

  Paramahansa Yogananda

  Death, Thinking, Body

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• We're so afraid of death in our culture, but I think if we understand it better, then we'll appreciate the life we have more.

  Naomi Watts

  Thinking, Appreciate, Culture

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I am afraid of death, scared by it. I already don't know whether I exist or not. So dying really terrifies me.

  Stephen Rea

  Scary, Dying, Scared

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• All fear violence, all are afraid of death.

  Gautama Buddha

  Violence

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• He who loveth God with all his heart feareth not death, nor punishment, nor judgment, nor hell, because perfect love giveth sure access to God. But he who still delighteth in sin, no marvel if he is afraid of death and judgment.

  Thomas a Kempis

  Heart, Punishment, Perfect

  Saint Augustine of Hippo, Saint Augustine, Thomas A'Kempis (2006). “The Confessions of St. Augustine, Including the Imitation of Christ”, p.244, Cosimo, Inc.

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• It would be an exaggeration to say I’m not afraid of death, but I’m not afraid of what comes after, because I’m not a believer.

  Christian de Duve

  Would Be, Not Afraid, Exaggeration

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• And once you're unafraid with death, I think your capacity for violence is immediately increased. Once you're unafraid of death, you are a very, very dangerous adversary

  Cillian Murphy

  Thinking, Violence, Capacity

  "The Shy Man’s Revenge". Interview with Chris Wallace, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 17, 2014.

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• The sinew and heart of man seem to be drawn out, and we are become timorous desponding whimperers. We are afraid of truth, afraid of fortune, afraid of death, and afraid of each other.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Heart, Men, Fortune

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2012). “Self-Reliance and Other Essays”, p.32, Courier Corporation

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• I am not afraid of death, which after all can't be far away. What does frighten me, though, is the halfway stage.

  Rosie Thomas

  Fear, Doe, Far Away

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• There were some so afraid of death that they prayed for death.

  Pliny the Younger

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• Fears are all psychological. Being afraid of death, loss of a loved one and disfigurement are all powered by your mind, and that's very powerful stuff.

  John Carpenter

  Powerful, Loss, Mind

  Source: collider.com

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• I am afraid of death. I believe nothing, and therefore like many who believe nothing I must make something, and that something is the meaning which I give my life.

  Anne Rice

  Believe, Giving, I Believe

  Anne Rice (2013). “The Mayfair Witches Series 3-Book Bundle: Witching Hour, Lasher, Taltos”, p.482, Ballantine Books

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• But everybody is afraid of death; that too is contagious. Your parents are afraid of death, your neighbors are afraid of death. Small children start getting infected by this constant fear all around. Everybody is afraid of death. People don't even want to talk about death.

  Rajneesh

  Death, Children, People

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• Those who are afraid of death will carry it on their shoulders.

  Federico Garcia Lorca

  Shoulders

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• After us they'll fly in hot air balloons, coat styles will change, perhaps they'll discover a sixth sense and cultivate it, but life will remain the same, a hard life full of secrets, but happy. And a thousand years from now man will still be sighing, "Oh! Life is so hard!" and will still, like now, be afraid of death and not want to die.

  Anton Chekhov

  Men, Air Balloons, Years

  "The Three Sisters". Play by Anton Chekhov, 1901.

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• Instead of being afraid of death, we should try to awake to life; and the only death we should escape from is to forget the presence of God into us.

  Laozi

  Trying, Forget, Should

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• I have excessive energy, tremendous energy. I have a sense of people. I can feel them, pretty much so, in a short time. I'm not afraid of death. I'm just not afraid of anything.

  Cecil Williams

  People, Energy, Not Afraid

  Source: www.psychologytoday.com

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• I'm afraid of death, obviously.

  June Diane Raphael

  "Grace And Frankie's June Diane Raphael on the joy of calling Donald Trump a 'little bitch'". Interview with Alex McLevy, tv.avclub.com. March 22, 2017.

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• The [Barack] Obama administration almost appears as though it is afraid of the intelligence community. They're afraid of death by a thousand cuts - you know, leaks and things like that.

  Edward Snowden

  Cutting, Community, Administration

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